Pope Francis: a look back at his global impact in Africa and beyond - BBC Africa

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 after a bout of illness. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, he was elected in 2013, the first non-European pope to lead the Catholic Church in centuries. Under his papacy, the Vatican has adopted a realist approach to foreign affairs to mediate international conflicts. The BBC looks back at some of his key foreign trips and major global figures he had received at the Vatican. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/